Country of Residence
Discipline(s)
Institution
United Nations University, Tokyo
Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability
5-chōme-53-70 Jingūmae, Shibuya City, Tokyo 150-0001
Research Interests
Climate Change, Biodiversity, Sustainable Development, Gender
Topics to speak on:
Climate-biodiversity nexus; women and climate change
Mediocrity is self-inflicted. Genius is self-bestowed
Biography
Dr. Himangana Gupta is Research Fellow and Academic Associate at United Nations University – Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS). Prior to this, she was Manager, Sustainable Landscapes and Restoration Program at World Resources Institute, India. From 2019-2021, she was a JSPS-UNU Postdoctoral Fellow at UNU-IAS and the University of Tokyo. She is an expert in climate change and biodiversity policy and has worked on climate adaptation, forestry, women and climate change, energy efficiency, and national GHG inventories. She was also a part of the National Communication Cell of the Indian Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change from 2016-2019, and contributed to India’s Second and Third Biennial Update Reports to the UNFCCC. She is a certified expert in climate adaptation finance. She has seven edited books to her credit and more than 30 research publications, including book chapters. Currently, she is also serving as Lead Author for the Nexus Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.
Awards
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Award for Academic Excellence by Panjab University Alumni Association
University Gold Medal for first position in M. Sc. Environment Science
Merit Award, Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund